Friday, December 07, 2007

The Long Road Home

Today we made the trek back home. I had very mixed feelings about leaving Snowbird, as we had such a terrific time, but I was missing Barker like crazy, so I was almost eager to get on the road shortly after breakfast. We wanted to go back over to Stecoah Gap and hike it one more time. I had seen this terrific seedpod, which reminds me of milkweed (but I don't think we have that here) the other day, but didn't have my camera with me on that particular hike. So, we set back out to find it again. I couldn't believe how far we had to walk to find it, but there it was:

I just love it! I didn't want to destroy it, or pick it (this is National Forest land), so this is the best I could do:

We also spotted a lot of lichen on trees that have fallen down. Here's one particularly pretty piece:

I think C is catching my fever for snapping blog pics. We drove past these dumptrucks partially covered in kudzu, and he turned around and went back, without me saying a word!

And here's my last shot of the day:

If the kudzu-covered trucks didn't tip you off that you were in the Southland, this sign surely would!

I love the pic of the abandoned dump trucks. It reminds me of a pic that John and I snapped in OH when passing a group of three (yes, three again!) abandoned, rusted, small train engines that we think were once used in a steel mill setting.